Wherever the dead are there they are andNothing more. But you and I can expectTo see angels in the meadowgrass that lookLike cows -And wherever we are in paradisein furnished room without bath andsix flights upIs all God! We readTo one another, loving the sound of the s’sSlipping up on the f’s and much is goodEnough to raise the hair on our heads, like Rilke and Wilfred Owen

Any person who loves another person, Wherever in the world, is with us in this room -Even though there are battlefields.

--Kenneth Patchen

"On December 13, 1911, Kenneth Patchen was born in Niles. A poor boy
throughout his childhood, he spent his time playing football and working
in a factory. He enjoyed publishing in his school newspaper, kept a
diary from the age of twelve, and began reading Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, Robert Burns, and Herman Melville.

"After high school, he moved to Wisconsin and attended Alexander
Meiklejohn's Experimental College for one year and then the University
of Wisconsin. Around this time, Patchen published a sonnet, 'Permanence,' in the New York Times. He continued his education
in Arkansas and then spent years traveling. He was employed as a migrant
worker in a variety of jobs in the United States and Canada."

"EDITORIAL: I attended the vigil last night at 7 p.m. that was held in
front of the home where 2 girls lives were cut short, 9-year-old Dayja
Scott and 8-year-old Dalijah Scott. 2 little boys were hurt 7-year-old
Michael Scott and 5-year-old Luther Scott remain hospitalized.

"I saw a community come together, people young and old, people from
all walks of life to show they care and to show sympathy after such a
tragic loss. I saw tears coming from children’s eyes who played with the
victims, friends and neighbors hugged each other, strangers that never
met the family bow their heads. I went as a mother of two daughters to
show my respect for the family, I could never fathom the pain they are
going through right now.

"I stood in front of the boarded up house where 911 dispatchers heard
that calls for help that children were trapped in a fire and screaming,
the firefighters gave so much that they dropped because of exhaustion,
where police officers were hurt trying to rescue the kids, as I looked
at the home I couldn’t even imagine the chaos and pain that everyone
earlier that day felt.

"What I didn’t see, public officials coming to pay their respect. One
alderman showed up to pay his respects. What happened to our city? Our
leaders? Our Priorities? Do they they think because its not in their
district it doesn’t affect them? Or because it wasn’t in the perfect
neighborhood people don’t count?

"We face a fire station possibly being closed because the Mayor said
cut the budget. But we are going to buy property and pay $70,000 a year
to maintain it so it looks good? $400,000 on bathrooms, $200,000 to fix
the transit center that was built very poorly in the first place? Giving
loans (Tifs) for over a million dollars? The list goes on and on. But
we can’t spend $3.10 per person to keep this city safe? Businesses and
people won’t move here or thrive here if there aren’t the vital services
that a city needs to sustain itself.

"All that remains this morning is a boarded up home where happy memories
once happened and tragedy occurred and lives stolen too young. There
are two little angels looking down on their family right now and 2
little boys fighting to live.

"It is a very sad time in the city I love so much and fight for. I can
only hope that the Common Council realizes that WE RESIDENTS are #1
priority, not concrete, not copper roofs or marble bathrooms, that the
breathing living people that love this city deserve the protection and
demand it. I don’t want to write about people losing their lives or
their homes because the city didn’t want to spend the money. Some may
say well it goes into certain funds, in the end it comes out of all of
our pockets.

"There is a public meeting on Monday November 12th at 6 p.m. at City
Hall concerning the closing of Station #5. I highly encourage everyone
to contact their elected officials and demand better of them. Show up at
this meeting you are allowed to speak your mind and even if you don’t
want to speak, show up to support the community before it’s too late."

Friday, November 9, 2012

On Wednesday morning I had gotten a phone call from my supervisor at work. She told me that there was a mandatory store meeting at 7pm and I had to be there. I told her I would be there not to worry and I asked her if she knew what the meeting was about. She told me no she did not know anything. A mandatory store meeting means all the employees have to be there. In the year I have been there we never had a mandatory store meeting at all.

When Drew called me on his lunch break from his work I told him about the phone call. We both tried to figure out what this was all about. But we both had a feeling this was not good at all. I thought it might have been about the Holidays coming up, the store closing, new store policies and being sold. This was on my mind all day Wednesday.

When I went to work for the meeting everyone was standing around waiting to clock in for the meeting. Then the meeting started and the owner and all the managers came in to the room. That is when we got the news that the store is going to be closing January 11, 2013. We received a letter at the meeting telling use about the closing and one of the managers read it to use. The owner felt really bad about having to close the store. The store has been in Racine, Wi for five years and has not really made any kind of a profit. Then we have Wal-Mart coming across the street from us and that is really going to hurt the store even more. After the meeting a lot of the employees were so upset, yes I do understand why but there is nothing we can do about the decision the owner has made.

I started there August 1, 2011 and I can say from my own experience working there that it is a really nice store to work for. Yes like any job you have your ups and downs. But when I have asked for time off I was always able to get it. A lot of the other employees I get along with really good. I am going to miss working there and seeing the friends I have made while working there.

Yesterday it was in the paper about the store closing. While at work yesterday I was also let known that the store will only be open from 8am to 8pm. Yes that means less hours for me now. That is when I finally realized the store is really going to close and I will be out of a job for sure. So now I am going to have to start to look for a new job and that is not going to be easy around here. It took me almost a year before I found this one when I moved her with Drew and now I have to go through it again. Next week I am going to start looking on the computer for a job and if I get one before the store closes then I get one and I pray I can find a good job with insurance.

Today when I went into to work the customers complained about the store closing and asked me why the store was closing. So I told them the reason was because of Wal-Mart coming across the street and the owner sad that we could not compete with that. So many customers said this was the main store that they would shop at and would never shop at Wal-Mart.

Apparently, Ben Hughes tried to kill himself. I'll never forget the look on his face when Becker was busted. He hightailed it out of Racine as soon as Becker stepped down. I bet there are stories he could tell . . .

Hello, my electoral collegiates!How are you?Yesterday was the big vote day.As
I write this, Mr. President Obama has been re-elected. Of course, I knew the outcome.Unfortunately, it would have been unethical to
reveal such information before the results were official.Mr. Mitt Romney has conceded. Too bad they both didn't. Ha-ha, we can only wish.

I saw some small patches of snow on the Wisconsin
weather radar.Yuck.I’m OK with a white Christmas, but I’m no fan
of blizzards, ice storms, snow drifts, and deep freezes.Last winter was perfect from my perspective,
but I know that the landscape suffered for it.Because of the drought, many foods have risen in price.So, let there be snow this winter, but,
please, no monster storms.And no
accumulations above 6 inches.Please?

Our phenomenal, sensational, stupendous Green Bay Packers slaughtered
the Cardinals last Sunday.Hip-hip-hooray!I love Green
Bay!For their
efforts over the weeks, the Pack has earned a well-deserved bye week.Their next astounding performance is
scheduled for November 18, noon,
against the Detroit Lions in Ford Field.May the Pack maul them.

I received another delightful e-mail from the ebullient Mr.
SER.He wrote:

Dear Madame Zoltar,

With the end of the world coming on or about 12/21/2012 what’s the chance of
having you work your magic and move Christmas from December 25th to
November 22nd, Thanksgiving Day?

The only real problem I see is what will happen with all the
Christmas trees….

…SER

Dear Mr. SER, thank you for contacting me.Personally, I’d like to see Christmas moved
to the Friday after Thanksgiving, thus giving us two big holidays in a row and
two days to recover.Or we could go
pedal to the metal with Halloween II, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year in
one weekend.

In any case, I’m not sure that my “magic” is up to such an
undertaking.There would be a lot of
ticked-off merchants besides the tree salesmen.

The best way may be to just tell everyone you know that you
are celebrating Christmas along with Thanksgiving this year.I mean, certainly if we can have Fesitvus
Poles, then we can have Christmas any darn day we want.Experts agree that December 25 is probably
not the date of Jesus Christ’s birth.It
was put there to coincide with the pagan solstice activities.So let’s get creative with Christmas.What’s the worst thing that could happen? The world will end? Ha!

Enjoy our brisk days and longer nights, my dears. The end of Daylight Saving Time always seems
like the beginning of winter to me.It’s
the darkness earlier in the evening.Remember to change the batteries in your car flashlight and key ring
light.

As RacineUncovered states, Station 5 is the fire station that Dickert wants to shut down. He does this while increasing the slush fund for outside counsel. More money for more lawyers defending Dickert's lies, while basic services are cut back for residents, perhaps with deadly consequences.

Lots of pics from the weekend that I didn't have time to post. First, Saturday night. Sun set nicely behind Kitt Peak. The Sun was kind of split when it set over the peak producing two very bright green flashes, easily visible and two of the brighter ones I have seen in a while.

Now Sunday night. Look closely at the top of the Sun. See the little piece that appeared to break off? Those are mock mirages. Again, a very nice sunset, just missing the telescopes on Kitt Peak.

Obviously I am done getting the behind Kitt Peak photos for a while. The Sun is setting farther south each night until the winter solstice. I will get another chance in early February when the Sun sets behind Kitt Peak on its journey north toward the Summer solstice.

I took pictures on Saturday and Sunday night of the Sun setting behind Kitt Peak. Lots of little green flashes. Saturday night was particularly spectacular as the green flashes jumped out naked eye (I use a cable release to take the pics so I can watch sunset and photograph at the same time!).

Here is a gallery of Saturday and Sunday night pics. Click any of them for a larger view. The last four are from Sunday night. Look for a couple of mock mirage flashes at the top of the Sun (the little piece that appears to have broken away from the Sun).

The Sun is setting south of Kitt Peak now and I really can't get home from work in time to photograph sunset, so I am pretty much confined to weekend pics now until next spring. I am already looking forward to early February when the Sun will set behind Kitt Peak on its journey north.

Sunday, November 4, 2012

"Racine - A Racine program asking churches and other tax-exempt nonprofits to pay taxes anyway has so far come up empty.

"Mayor John Dickert sent letters in September to 182 local nonprofits.
He asked them to consider paying a portion of the property tax the city
would normally charge them if their properties were taxed.

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